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THILL GULTIVATOR. No. 304,957. Patented Sept. 9, 1884.

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JULIUS M. RIPSON, OF YOUNGSTOXVN, NEW' YORK.

THlLL-CULTIVATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 304,957, datedSeptember 9, 188

Application filed March 21, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIUS M. RIPsON, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, re siding at Youngstown, in the county of Niagara, in the Stateof New York, have invented a new and useful One-Horse or ThillCultivator, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to cultivators of that class known asthill-cultivators, being especially adapted to be drawn by one horse.The objects are to provide an implement of the kind named which isadjustable in its thills, handles, and draft, and which in theconstruction and arrangement of its frame and tilling adjuncts isdetachable and separable, and may be changed from awecding or tillingimplement to one suited for billing purposes.

My invention therefore consistsin thenovel construction and'combinationof the parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and asspecifically and distinctly pointed outin the claims.

I have fully illustrated my improved cultivator in the accompanyingdrawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of the completeimplement. Fig. 2 is a vertical and longitudinal sectional view showingthe construction of the standard or leg and the adjusting attachments.Fig. 3 is a view of the upper end of the standard and the clip with itsbolt. Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of the foot of the front standards andadjusting-link. Fig. 5 is a view of the bracket fixed to the front endof the draw-beam, in which the front braces of the frame are fixed. Fig.6 is a view of the bracket or plate which secures the draw-hook orclevis to the draw-beam. Fig. 7 is a sectional view of the same, showingthe drawhook inserted therein. Fig. Sis a detailview of the sectionalshovels or shoes, and Fig. 9 is avertical sectional view of thebeam-wheel.

The letter. A represents the draw-beam, to the forward end of which issecured a metal bracket, 13, consisting of the base-plate a, verticalcentral strengthening-flange, b, and transverse vertical section 0,formed with inclined sockets d d, in which the metal braces O O arefitted and secured. To the upper ends of these braces G and O is securedthe metal cross-bar D, having its ends struck at right angles to the barand pivotally bolted to' parts of the standards are provided with aseries of perforations, c c, in the former of which a bolt held by therear end of the shafts is passed, and in the latter the handles 1 arepivotally' and dctachably secured, the forward end of thehandles beingpivotally bolted to the shafts at f. These standards H H are curvedsubstantially as seen, in order to meet the varying positions of theends ofthe shafts and the bolt of the handles in the verticaladjustments of one or of both of them,and the standards are braced bythe bar sub stantially as seen in Fig. 1 of the drawings. It will bereadily observed that by means of adjusting the shafts and handles theymay be set at any desired height to suit the draft or the workman.

To the under side of the draw-beam is se cured a metal plate, J, formedwith a circular groove, h, terminating at the rear in a perforation, i,to receive and retain the draw-hook K, which is of the form seen inFigs. 2 and 7 of the drawings. The metal plate J is provided withbolt-holes j, registering with the holes in the bracket B, in order thatthe same bolts may fasten both to the draw' beam. The forward end of themetal plate J is formed or provided with projections or hooks in, onwhich the side bars, L L, are hooked, and, extending from thencerearward, have their rear ends fitted between flanges Z, formed on thelower ends of the standards H H, and are securely fastened by a boltthrough the end of the standard. It will be seen that the draw-hook K issecured in placeby the plate J, and held against forward or backwarddisplacement by having its rear end, which is struck down as shown,passed into the hole in the rear of said plate.

About midway of the length of the drawbeam is secured a staple or clip,M, and through this staple or clip is passed a wooden bar, N, the endsof which are provided with metal caps m, and secured to the side bars Lby bolts or any other suitable means.

The letter 0 represents a standard or leg, consisting of a cast casingor shell and a wroughtiron center piece or bar, (shown in dotted lines,which center bar proj ects above the cast metal, and is provided withscrew-threads. The projecting part is passed through a hole in thedraw-beam, and fastened by a screw-threaded nut. The hole in the beamthrough which the screw-threaded projection of the leg is passed is madesomewhat larger than the bolt, in order that the leg may be to a limitedextent adjusted in pitch backward and for ward. The standard or leg 0 isformed with an elbow-brace, n, and is provided at the intersection ofthe arms of the brace with a lug, 0, having a series of holes, as shown,and this lug is pivoted between the arms of a bracket, P, secured to theunder side of the draw-beam. The standard 0 and bracket P may bedetached and shifted to the front end of the beam, holes 12 beingprovided for the purpose, and the implement thus converted into onesuitable for hilling, as hereinafter stated.

The letter Q represents the standards or legs to which the side workingshares or shoes are attached. These standards or legs consist of the legq, preferably strengthened by ribs, as shown, and formed with aprojecting lug, r, with holes, as shown, and the point extended andadapted to have secured to it a share or shoe, R, by a single bolt. Atthe point 8 the leg has a flange, which extends outwardly and serves asa seat for and stay to prevent the share from turning around. The upperend of the leg is formed with a circular rest or clip, S, the under sideof which reaches a little forward of the center of the bar to which itis applied.

The letter T represents a clip fitted to embrace the part of the bar notinclosed by the circular part of. the top of the leg, and is formed witha downward-extended part, 3. This clip T and the top part of the leg Qare secured together about the bar N by a bolt, t, passed through both,as shown. This standard or leg Q can be adjusted by means of the arm orbrace-bar U. This arm or bar is provided with two hooked prongs, u, atthe lower end, which hook over a pin passed through one of the holes inthe lugs r, and the upper end of the brace-bar is formed in ahalf-circle, and is provided with a clip, 10, which is bolted to themain bar, thus forming a ring or collar, which loosely surrounds the barG, as seen in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. By forming the ring of thearm U large enough to be easily adjusted or shifted over the bar G, itis only necessary to release the clips of the standards in adjustingthem on the bar.

The letter V represents a mold-board having rigidly secured .thereto aeoupling-piece, a, the projecting end of which is perforated to receivea bolt. This mold-board is secured to the rear of the share or shoe by ascrewbolt passed through the piece and the share, as seen in Figs. 1 and8.

As heretofore stated, the rear standard or leg may be detached from thebar and shifted to the front part of the draw-beam when the implement isintended to be used as a hiller, in which case it is also necessary todetach the side standards from the bar and braces, and shift the oneinto the others place, which change reverses the direction of the throwof the shares, so as to throw the dirt into a hill beween them.

The letter WV represents the wheel. This wheel consists of two sectionsor parts, which, being placed together, form a hollow wheel, thesections being secured together by a hollow shaft or tube, a the ends ofwhich are riveted or drawn down over the bore in which it fits, andthrough this tube is passed the loose shaft 7), the projecting ends ofwhich are riveted to secure the bars 0, which are adapted to fit thedraw-beam, and these bars 0 in turn are held to the beam by a staple andclip, (1, as shown.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

1. The rear cross-bar, G, secured to the drawbeam, and having the curvedstandards H H, provided with perforations c c, in combina tion with theshafts pivotally supported from the front end of the draw-beam, andtheir rear ends adj ustably secured to the said standards,- and thehandles pivotally secured to the shaft and adjustably attached to thesaid standards, substantially as described.

2. The bracket B, consisting of the bottom plate, a, vertical centralstrengthening-flange, b, and transverse vertical section 0, formed withinclined sockets or ways (i d, substantially as described.

8, The bracket B, formed with the bottom plate, a, vertical centralflange, Z), and transverse vertical section c, having sockets or ways dd, in combination with the braces O G and bar D, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

4. The draw-plate J, formed with a longitudinal groove, h, terminatingat its rear in a perforation, 1', through the plate, and having the sideextensions, 70 k, and means for attaching the same to the draw-beam,substantially as described.

5. In combination with the draw-beam and draw-hook K, formed with itsrear end struck down, as shown, the draw-plate J, formed with thelongitudinal groove h, terminating at its rear in a perforation, i, andhaving side extensions, 70 is, substantially as described.

6. The frame substantially as shown and described, consisting of thedraw-beam A, the draw-plate J, adapted to receive and retain thedraw-hook, and formed with projections or hooks 70 7c, the cross-bars Gand N, and side bars, L L, the whole arranged and combined substantiallyas set forth.

7. In combination with the draw-beam and cross-bars N and G, thestandard or leg Q, formed with a circular seat at its upper end andprovided with a clip, and having a lug 1', at its lower end, and thebrace rod or arm U, formed with a separable ring at its upper endadapted to loosely fit over the rod G, and having hooks at its lower endadapted to engage with a pin passed through perforations in the lug r,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

8. The standard or leg 0, consisting of a cast-iron casing and wroughtcenter piece or bar, the end whereof projects above the outer castcasing, said leg or standard being formed with the elbow brace on,having perforated lugs 0, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

9. In combination with the draw-beam having fixed thereto the bracket P,the leg 0, formed with an elbow-brace, a, and lug 0, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

10. The wheel V, consisting of two sections secured together at thecenter by a tubular rivet, and provided with a loose shaft or hearingpassed through the bore of the rivet, and the ends of said shaft securedto standards adapted to be secured to a plow-beam, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twoattesting witnesses. o

JULIUS M. RIPSON. Attest:

W'M. RIPSON, JOHN JAMISON.

